06-11-2012, 05:43 PM
Are you absolutely sure its white smoke and not steam? I'd more than likely go for the headgasket failing. TUs dont seem to mix oil and water, more often the exhaust is getting into the coolant, pressurising the rad hoses and burning coolant. This happened on two of mine and there was a lot of white steam...until eventually one of the rad hoses exploded.
Oil burning is usually blue smoke when piston rings wear.
Personally I'd see if the rad hoses get solid after a quick drive and have a sniff test done on the coolant. If theyre not solid and the sniff test shows nothing, then try a compression test.
Oil burning is usually blue smoke when piston rings wear.
Personally I'd see if the rad hoses get solid after a quick drive and have a sniff test done on the coolant. If theyre not solid and the sniff test shows nothing, then try a compression test.